Sack-holder.



No. 634,334. Patented Oct. 3', I899.

F. H. GILBERT,

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NrrE rA'rEs FRANK n. GILBERT, or RIDG'EFIELD, WASHINGTON.

SACK-HOLDER.

SYECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,334, dated October 3, 1899.

Application filed November 26, 1898. Serial No. 697,537. (No model.)

To a Iii/b07771 iri may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. GILBERT, of Ridgefield, in-the county of Clarke and State of Vashington, have invented a new and Improved Sack-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for holding sacks or bags during the filling of the same with grain or other material; and the object is to provide a sack-holder.

of simple andcomparativelyinexpensive construction that may be easily attached to a bin or other support and from which the sack when filled may be quickly removed.

I will describe a sack-holder embodying my invention andthen point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a sack-holder embodying my invention. elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 isasection at right angles to Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a bearing-plate employed. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a supporting-rod employed. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a portion of the device, drawn on an enlarged scale to clearly show certain parts.

The device comprises a hopper-shaped casing having a rear wall 1, side walls 2, and a front wall 3. The hopper may be made of any desirable material; but preferably the side walls and front wall will be made of sheet metal and the rear wall of wood. When constructed of sheet metal, for the purpose of giving strength in the connection between the side walls and the rear wall 1 lap the upper portions of the ends of the side walls around the outer side of the rear Wall 1 and secure them thereto by screws, nails, or otherewise, as indicated at 4, and the lower portions of these ends will be turned inward and secured against the inner side of the rear wall, as indicated at 5; Secured to the outer side of the rear wall 1 are straps 6, which at their upper ends terminate in hooks 7, designed to hook over the horizontal edge of a bin, box, or other support-such, for instance, as a board at- Fig'. 2 is'a side tached to an upright structure. is held at right angles to this support by means of a bracket 8, which is secured to the rear wall 1 and has its rear edge at right angles to the plane of the hopper.

Attached to the outer side of each of the side walls 2 is a bearing-plate 9, having its lower end turned into tubular form, as indicated at 10, to receive a sack-holding rod 11 in such manner that the rod may rotate in the bearing thus formed. At the ends of the plate 9 are outwardly-extended ears 12, which project across the ends of the holding-bar 11 and are designed to prevent the sack from passing over and catching on the ends of said bar. At each end the holding-rod 11 is'provided with teeth 13, designed to be passed through the material of the bag to support the same.

A locking and releasing rod 14 is seated in a channel 15, formed in the outer side of the rear wall 1, and is designed to rock therein.

The rod 14 is held in place by the straps 6, which pass over the same. At each end the rod 14 is provided with a downwardly-extended portion 16 and an outwardly-extended portion 17. The outwardlyextended portions 17 are designed to engage with lugs 18,

extended inward from the rods 11 at one end. These lugs 18 are longitudinally curved on the upper edge for a purpose to be hereinafter described. At one end the rod 14 has an upwardly and outwardly extended handle 19, and a spring 20, attached to the rear wall of the hopper, bears against the outer side of the handle 19.

In operation while a bag is hung on the teeth 18, the said teeth being in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1, it is to be filled with the grain or other material. When the bag is full, the rod 14 is to be rocked by turning the handle 19 outward against the resistance of the spring 20. This will move the parts 17 off the lugs 18, so that the weight of the filled bag will rock the holding-rods 11, thus permitting the bag to slide off the teeth 13 when said teeth are in the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Then upon releasing the handle 19 the spring 20 will rotate the rod 14 back to its normal position, and during its movement it will engage with The hopper 11, and they also permit the are of rocking movement of the rod 14 to be less than that of the holding-rods.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A sack holder, comprising a hopper, means for attaching the same to a support, bearing-plates secured to opposite side walls of. the hopper and having tubular lower portions, holding-bars mounted to rock in said tubular portions, teeth on said bars, lugs on said bars and having curved upper edges, a

locking and releasing bar mounted to rock in a groove formed in the rear wall of the hopper, the said locking and releasing bar having its ends turned downward and then outward to engage with the lugs of the holdingbars, a handle extended from said locking and releasing bar, and a spring attached at one end to the hopper and engaging the said handle, substantially as specified.

2. A sack holder, comprising a hopper, l straps secured to the outer sides of the rear wall of said hopperand terminating in hooks at the upper end, a bracket attached to said 1 rear wall, a locking and releasing bar mounted to rock in a channel formed in the rear wall, the said bar being held in place by the said straps, holding-bars mounted to rock on the opposite side Walls of the hopper, teeth on the said holding-bars, lugs extended inward from said holding-bars and adapted to l be engaged by the locking and releasing bar, and a spring for moving the locking and re- 1 leasing bar to its normal position, substan- 1' tially as specified.

l FRANK ll. GILBERT. J Vitnesscs:

; F. 0. SMITH, J S. l". MACKEY. 

